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Others ran flocking out of their houses to make general supplication, because the place was likely to come into contempt.
19
And the women, girt with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets; and the virgins who were kept in ran, some to the gates and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.
20
And all, holding their hands toward heaven, made supplication.
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Then it would have moved a man to pity to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts and the fear of the high priest being in such an agony.
22
They then called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things committed in trust safe and secure for those who had committed them.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.